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lots and lots of coverup.

I refuse to help you.

I HOPE someone sees them because you need help.

Anonymous wrote:
lots and lots of coverup.

Stop that.

Are those cuts self-inflicted?

Or scars from some sort of accident?

Yuniko wrote:
Are those cuts self-inflicted?Or scars from some sort of accident?

They implied they were self inflicted.

Nante wrote:
I refuse to help you.I HOPE someone sees them because you need help.

I am getting help, but I don’t want kids to see them. They do not need to see it.

Yuniko wrote:
Are those cuts self-inflicted?Or scars from some sort of accident?

Self inflicted.

Anonymous wrote:

Nante wrote:
I refuse to help you.I HOPE someone sees them because you need help.

I am getting help, but I don’t want kids to see them. They do not need to see it.

Yuniko wrote:
Are those cuts self-inflicted?Or scars from some sort of accident?

Self inflicted.

Well unfortanantley youi should havre thought about that before you gashed yourself, no offence but yoyu could be lying about getting help, and I dont think anyone should tell you anything, ask your counsler or whoever is helping you.

Have you ever seen a film with fake cuts? Well these are made with something called Morticians Wax. This is a product that is mouldable, lies on the skin and looks very much like skin. Make-up artists place it on the skin to make it look like wounds. It’s a bit like a putty. Then they paint on fake blood and bruises.

In funeral parlours they use it the opposite way. They use it to fill in real wounds. They smooth it over and paint it to look as if the skin is unwounded, so relatives can view the body without being grossed out.

So you could go to a funeral parlour and buy some morticians wax, or from a make-up artists web site.

Or you could just stop cutting yourself.

easy, long sleeve shirt. oh by the way dont do that… it leaves scars. I used to do that when I was 12to 13 and I stopped after a year.

Depending on how obvious they are, I either cover them with foundation, or if that doesn’t cover them, I simply wear long sleeves.

Nante wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Nante wrote:
I refuse to help you.I HOPE someone sees them because you need help.

I am getting help, but I don’t want kids to see them. They do not need to see it.

Yuniko wrote:
Are those cuts self-inflicted?Or scars from some sort of accident?

Self inflicted.

Well unfortanantley youi should havre thought about that before you gashed yourself, no offence but yoyu could be lying about getting help, and I dont think anyone should tell you anything, ask your counsler or whoever is helping you.

Well I am getting help. I just told my counselor abut three weeks ago about my self injury and thoughts of death. I know I should not being doing all of this. Sometimes I just lose control. Which is why I am getting help and on medication. Thanks for the help.

Well done for getting help! It’s a hard step to take, but it will help :)

Long sleeve shirts or if you absolutly have to cut just do it in an unseen location..

Anonymous wrote:
Long sleeve shirts or if you absolutly have to cut just do it in an unseen location..

I do try to do it in unseen places, but for some reason I get more out of cutting on the inner part of my forearm. That is where I get the most feeling, and I can’t help from doing it there.

Just s

Anonymous wrote:

Nante wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Nante wrote:
I refuse to help you.I HOPE someone sees them because you need help.

I am getting help, but I don’t want kids to see them. They do not need to see it.

Yuniko wrote:
Are those cuts self-inflicted?Or scars from some sort of accident?

Self inflicted.

Well unfortanantley youi should havre thought about that before you gashed yourself, no offence but yoyu could be lying about getting help, and I dont think anyone should tell you anything, ask your counsler or whoever is helping you.

Well I am getting help. I just told my counselor abut three weeks ago about my self injury and thoughts of death. I know I should not being doing all of this. Sometimes I just lose control. Which is why I am getting help and on medication. Thanks for the help.

I just dont feel like this kind of behavior should be condoned, in my opppinion, maybe by having everyone see it, it will give you an insentive not to do it again.

Her behaviour isn’t being condoned, but she says she’s getting help, and personally, I wouldn’t want everyone to see my cuts. We’re simply helping her with hiding the marks and if she’s getting help, I don’t see what the problem is with that.

(Btw anon, I just assumed you were female, sorry if you’re not!)

fake tan

I am not having them help me cut, I am just keeping it from kids who do not need to see it. I use my arms to conduct and teach kids and they don’t need to see my cuts. I know I need to stop. I want to stop. By people seeing my cuts, it will not stop me from doing it. In the past when I was questioned about my marks, it actually made me do it more. I have an imbalance in my brain which the medication is helping with along with depression. If I wanted help on cutting I would not be asking on here. I know where I could go but I choose not to go there.

Yes I am female.

fake tan is really good for red and white scars promise

I think what you are doing is admirable, talking to a counsellor will really help and will hopefully give you other coping techniques which means you don’t feel you need to cut anymore.

Wow, loads of people on here have fake tan!

bookworm16 wrote:
Her behaviour isn’t being condoned, but she says she’s getting help, and personally, I wouldn’t want everyone to see my cuts. We’re simply helping her with hiding the marks and if she’s getting help, I don’t see what the problem is with that.(Btw anon, I just assumed you were female, sorry if you’re not!)

By telling them how to hide their cuts, it just dosent seem right to me, but oh well to each is own.

I really am working on the courage to be able to talk about it 100% openly. I have to email my counselor in order for her to bring it up. I can’t even tell her that I have been doing it. When we talk about it I feel like I am frozen and I can’t move but that is all about the process of recovery.
Thanks for the help, I never would have thought about fake tanning.

what colour of skin do you have and do you wear makeup ?

I am very pale. I have some red to my skin, but that is mostly my color fading from the summer. I am one of the palest people I know. I do wear makeup everyday.

Nante, so you think that her walking around with her cuts showing will encourage her to stop?

Anon, I have that ‘frozen’ feeling when talking about my problems too, and like you I write it down, although I use letters rather than email. It’s good to start off like that, but eventually you will feel confident and comfortable enough to talk about it face-to-face. It will come with time.

the same colour of makeup u apply to your face put it on a normal makeup sponge and put it on ur arms in the downwards direction. if you own concealer place it directly on the scar and rub in circles if you have to do your whole arm with concelar it will cost but its worth it. It works.

Thanks. I get the most scared when we talk about death and hurting myself because I have been seeing my counselor for 3 years and I have never told her about these problems I have been having for almost 8 years now. I get even more freaked out when she talks about if I have plans and then she talks about going to a hospital for a few days for evaluation. That strays me the most from saying anything.

Maybe you should tell her that?

Probably. I most likely will send her an email this week letting her know all of this. I have just had a crazy couple of weeks and didn’t want to deal with everything.

It would really help if you did tell her … but I’m sure you know that already.

Yes, but I think now I really will after this post. I know it is for my own good and health. It’s kind of like I need to be true to myself, and I don’t want it to go away sometimes. I know I need to let it go though. Thanks for the help.

No problem, good luck! :)

long sleeves. please get help though

Thanks…I am still working on covering them up. I don’t know when these scars are going to fade. Do they ever fade? I was on a date and my date asked me and even family members have noticed. I’m sure others have, they just haven’t said anything. Oh well, at least I am working on it.

Get some Mederma. It heals scars fast. DON’T put on open cuts though… It makes them more noticeable. Until the scars fade put on coverup and put some powder foundation over that. Do the same on the other arm if your arms look too different.. Then put on some bracelets if you want to hide them more.